just_life

….better to write for self and have no audience than write for an audience an have no self. I heard that around the end of the year and still couldn’t manage to send this post off the day it started. Struggling with caring less about what others might think about what’s written than the personal … Read more1/1/11

Rounding the last corner, mere feet from the drive we saw the first one—-full grown and staring directly at us from the yard. This one had to run at the high end of the scale; maybe 50+ lbs. Immediately two of the dogs zeroed in on it and we had a stare-off. Rosie tried to … Read moreA Javelina Christmas

Any time the mood turns sour an image like this turns it around in a snap. Notice the honey bee hovering over the barrel cactus in all it’s fully bloomed glory. This taken just up the road at a beautiful low-range situated ideally for a day hike. Anyone who says the desert is dreary clearly … Read more

Steam poured in from the wall; hardly elevating my core or increasing the sweat already pouring down my face. A couple more minutes and the connection was made back to hot sultry Florida days—and again back to Greg. I’m embarrassingly behind in keeping up; a poor excuse for maintaining a nearly two-decade long friendship. … Read more

I’d planned to hit a class @ the Y tonight; couldn’t get away and settled for runner up. Which was fine; my own kickin’ tunes and some solo spin time followed by a super hot steam was just what I needed. Pulling the bike off the rack I was startled by another guy on a … Read moreHey Mister, Gotta Buck?